AMD ANNOUNCES OPENING OF BOSTON DESIGN CENTER

AMD ANNOUNCES OPENING OF BOSTON DESIGN
CENTER



SUNNYVALE, CA-February 28, 2002-AMD today announced the opening of its Boston
Design Center.  The new design center will be responsible for developing server
and HyperTransport(tm) interconnect solutions supporting AMD's Computation
Products Group.  Gerry Talbot, former president and chief technical officer of
API Networks, has been named senior AMD fellow and director of the AMD Boston
Design Center.



"The AMD Boston Design Center will spearhead development of HyperTransport-technology
based interconnect solutions vital to AMD's continued push into the server
market," said Dirk Meyer, group vice president of AMD's Computation Products
Group.  "The team of prominent engineers who form the foundation of the AMD
Boston Design Center has a proven record of developing customer-driven solutions
and technologies based on HyperTransport technology.  Gerry and his team will
lead the development of AMD products based on HyperTransport technology."



AMD's Boston Design Center is based in Boxborough and will initially employ
approximately 35 engineers.



About AMD



AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked
computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United
States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500
company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry
for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in
Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001 (NYSE: AMD).



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